ZK-NZE Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Air New Zealand in special all black livery, at Perth Airport – 29 October 2023.
Air New Zealand resumed operating Auckland services using its own aircraft from today. ZK-NZE is seen arriving as NZ175 from Auckland.
To enable Air New Zealand to build capacity while bringing other stored aircraft back online after the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline had wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) Airbus A330-243 aircraft from Spanish airline Wamos Air from 15 November 2022 to 28 October 2023.
Wamos Air A330-200 EC-NCK was flown to New Zealand on 10 November 2022 and entered service on the Perth route from 15 November 2022, operating daily as NZ173 from Auckland and departing as NZ174. It operated its final Perth-Auckland service on 27 April 2023 and was replaced by EC-NBN until 28 October 2023.
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